2002 in television

Deaths

• January 13 - Ted Demme, 37, film and television director.(Blow, Beautiful Girls).
• February 22 - Chuck Jones, animator.
• February 24 - Mel Stewart, character actor whose TV roles included All in the Family and Scarecrow and Mrs. King.
• February 27 - Spike Milligan, comedian.
• February 28 - Mary Stuart, soap opera actress who starred as Jo in the entire 35-year run of Search for Tomorrow.
• March 15 - Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, longtime president of NBC, credited with creating The Today Show and The Tonight Show.
• March 27 - Milton Berle, comedian, actor.
• March 27 - Dudley Moore, comedian, actor.
• April 2 - Jack Kruschen, character actor who had a recurring role on Webster.
• April 16 - Robert Urich, actor.
• May 24 - Susie Garrett, acress (Betty Johnson) on Punky Brewster, sister of Marla Gibbs.
• June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone, 49, actor/songwriter of the Ramones.
• September 14 - LaWanda Page, comedian, actress (Aunt Esther) on Sanford & Son.
• September 28 - Whitney Blake, actress on Hazel, co-creator of One Day at a Time, and mother of Meredith Baxter.
• October 3 - Bruce Paltrow, producer.
• October 13 - Keene Curtis, actor who had a recurring role on Cheers.
• October 20 - Barbara Berjer, most known for her roles as Claire Cassen Shea on As the World Turns, Barbara Norris Thorpe on Guiding Light, and Bridget Connell on Another World.
• December 5 - Roone Arledge, sports producer.